love, clifford vernon

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Love, Clifford Vernon Service Number 421

Killed in Action 24th December 1916 Flers, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

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NAME Love, Clifford Vernon

SERVICE NO 421

UNIT 2nd

Battalion/

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Walcha, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Sydney

PREVIOUS SERVICE From 1 Jul 1912 – 18th Regiment -Militia-serving

NEXT OF KIN Mother;- Eliza Love, several addresses- including Peats Ridge, via Gosford

Father died c1907

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’ 10”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-34½-36½”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dark Brown. Moles on back/ operation for Fistula abt 3 yrs ago giving him no trouble.

RELIGION

EMBARKED 18 Oct 1914/ & again 5 Jun 1916-Sydney per

DISEMBARKED 6 Dec 1914 Egypt /& again 3 Aug 1916- Plymouth

NOTES 29 Jan 1916 -Returned to Australia ex Sues per “Suffolk”

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 25 Apr 1915- Wounded- Gallipoli-re-joined unit 2 Jun 1915/ 22 Jun 1915-Gallipoli- BW Chest Penetrating- ret active duty 18 Nov 1915/ 10 Nov 1915- Hosp- Malaria- Invalided to Australia

DIED 24 Dec 1916-Killed instantly by Shell explosion, just after midnight @ Flers, France

BURIED Nr Guildecourt, to the right of Flers (Chalk Pit Cemetery) Re-buried-Bancourt Brit Cem. Plot 8 Row C Gve 20

1¼ miles East of Bapaume, France

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-10178, British War Medal-2351, Victory Medal-2351. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-300828.

DEPENDANTS Widowed mother

PERSONAL EFFECTS Money belt, wrist watch & strap, watch protector, purse, stamps, photo wallet, photos, postcards, letters, wallet, receipt/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Mother / Commonwealth Saving Bank/

Gosford Times 25

th January 1917

KILLED IN ACTION. News was received last week that Sergeant Cliff Love

had fallen in France on December 24th. Sergeant

Love, with his brother, was for some time engaged in

orcharding on Mangrove Mt. He enlisted on the out-

break of war, and was wounded at Gallipoli. After

recovering from his wounds he did police duties in

Egypt and then returned to Australia as escort. After

a few weeks furlough here, he again obeyed the call

and sailed for France with the rank of Sergeant, and

had only been a few weeks in the firing line when he

fell. Sergeant Love has two brothers at present on

active service. After two years and five months’ ser-

vice he gave his life for the cause of Freedom and

Justice.

Gosford Times 13

th June 1918

RETURNED FROM WAR. Sergeant A.J. Love has returned from the war after 3

years 5 months’ active service, 18 months od which

he spent in Egypt and Gallipoli (where he was

wounded) and 20 months in the trenches in France,

where he came through without a scratch, but was

allowed to come home for family reasons. He lost his

brothers in France, Cliff (who enlisted from mangrove

Mt) being killed in action on 24th December, 1915,

while fighting on the Somme, and the other brother

died after an operation for appendicitis. Prior to

enlisting Sergeant Love owned to local news agency,

but on the sad death of his wife he sold out to Mr

Holmes and went to war. While at Gosford he was a

very popular man, and we are all glad to see him

back safe and sound.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8205310

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